[OpenIndiana-discuss] loader doesn't load

Mon Aug 12 11:03:04 UTC 2024

Known problem. See illumos (openindiana) bugs with loader and Sun Ultra 27. 

Boot from DVD, USB stick, go to prompt (3):

set currdev=zfs:rpool/ROOT/openindiana:

beadm list

set currdev to your latest be as shown before e.g.

set currdev=zfs:rpool/ROOT/openindiana-2024:08:12:

boot -k

And there you go. 

Toomas is aware of it he will look into once he may have the time. 

Cheers

Iggi

Von meinem iPhone gesendet

> Am 12.08.2024 um 12:42 schrieb Udo Grabowski (IMK) <udo.grabowski at kit.edu>:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> hit a strange problem, trying to boot a really simple system (old
> Sun U27, pure BIOS, not that UEFI/GPT/CSM rubbish), ISO loads and runs
> without problems; but from the disk, the loader does not start at all,
> instead outputs one or two empty lines and stops with a blinking cursor.
> Only action accepted there is CTRL-ALT-DEL ... Partition is Solaris 2,
> Option whole disk.
> Tried different options, installboot -mfF ... etc., always the same
> stall. Loader prompt from iso boot gives me these details:
> 
> Active allocators 827/2502
> 41.910.272 reserved, 33.578.256 allocated
> heap base 0xcb726000, top at 0xcdf1e000, upper limit 0xcf726000,
> 4.111.408 fragments
> 
> lsdev
> cd0  bios drv E: 41723824 x 2048
> disk dev. disk0 Bios dev C: 1.000.215.216 x 512
>          disk0s1: Solaris 2
>          disk0s1a: root
>          disk0s1i: boot
> 
>          disk1 Bios dev D: (3.907.029.168 x 512)
>          disk1p1: illumos ZFS
>          disk1p9: reserved
>          (pulled disk1 to avoid confusion, no help)
> lszfs
>   zfs:rpool   (disk0)
>   zfs:Work_SL (disk1)
> 
> But beadm at loader level does not find anything !
> 
> What's wrong here ?
> --
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